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Superstrings — A Brief History

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History of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSB,volume 352))

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In this lecture I will present a brief history of the development of superstring theory, with an emphasis on my own contributions. I will not attempt to give a comprehensive history of string theory, which would deserve an entire dedicated conference of its own. Also, this talk will neither teach you string theory nor try to convince you that it is correct.

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Schwarz, J.H. (1996). Superstrings — A Brief History. In: Newman, H.B., Ypsilantis, T. (eds) History of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics. NATO ASI Series, vol 352. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1147-8_36

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